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- the invention relates to a method for controlling a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals.
- the invention relates to a device according to Claim 1 .
- Numerous audio, video, data and control signal sources and sinks are available in television studios. These various types of signal sources include recording appliances, such as tape recorders (MAZ), video servers, cameras and satellite or cable links.
- the various types of signal sinks once again include recorders, video servers, production mixers.
- different image and audio signal sources are combined with one another to form a programme in the production of a news programme.
- a speaker in the studio typically provides the lead through the transmission, which is recorded using one or more cameras. The speaker introduces already recorded programmes or direct transmissions. In terms of video, audio and data, these come from a source which is controlled via control signals.
- switching matrix a so-called crossbar
- Each input can be connected to one specific output which, in detail, means that one input can be connected to a plurality of outputs, but one output can be connected to only one input.
- a production mixer or presentation schedule mixer has the same characteristics as a switching matrix, that is able to combine a plurality of signal sources to form one transmission signal. Mixing of different video signals with one another, as well as mixing of different audio signals with one another, are desirable from the composition point of view. For further signal distribution, a presentation schedule mixer is also able to combine audio and video signals into one data stream. Mixing devices use control lines to signal which input signals are passed on and are thus transmission-relevant. Recorders signal that recording is taking place. This signal is known by the expressions “On-Air”, “Red-Light” or tally signalling.
- the selection of which signals are produced at which outputs is carried out by an operator in the studio or control room. Connections are generally switched via a plurality of switching matrices and mixing devices, and cover so-called paths.
- the search for paths, which is assisted by automatic systems, is normally referred to as “pathfinding”.
- the task of the operator is also made more difficult by paths for different signal types being switched at the same time in the course of production, thus forming a logical unit, a so-called signal bundle.
- signal bundle In order to prevent interference with a signal transmission, it is essential to prevent interruption of signal paths and path bundles.
- the locking of a path, which is assisted by automatic systems is normally referred to as “path locking”, while the locking of a plurality of paths assisted by automatic systems is referred to as “bundle locking”.
- DE 10 2004 009 265.6 discloses a method by means of which the operator can lock or unlock signal paths or signal bundles in the forward or backward direction by means of an appropriate command. By way of example, this prevents a transmission-relevant signal path from being accidentally interrupted. Since locked resources are normally associated with one user, the attempt to unlock an external resource will fail.
- the activity of the operator also has technical aspects, in addition to the creative aspect of mixing and configuring television pictures from different signal sources.
- the correct signal sources must be selected for the input side, and must be passed to the correct outputs. Even this is quite difficult when there are more than two hundred inputs and two hundred outputs per switching matrix.
- the locking and unlocking of the input to output connections must be taken into account at the same time in this case, since a plurality of operators work in one studio or control room. For these reasons, the work of the operators in terms of the use of resources which are or are not jointly used is highly demanding.
- the method according to the invention is used for controlling a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals.
- the device (switching matrix) has a number of inputs and outputs. Connections in these switching matrices, so-called takes, can be locked.
- the method according to the invention comprises the following steps:
- the invention makes it simpler for an operator to control a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals with respect to the switching matrix, path and bundle locking as well as unlocking, because the method carries out a large number of functions automatically at machine level.
- the expression “TakeLock” will be introduced for the function of automatic locking after switching, and the expression “TallyLock” will be introduced for the function of signalled path locking. “Signalling” is also used, for short, in the following text for tally signalling.
- the takes are successively locked in the signal flow direction, starting from a signal source. All of the signal sources and/or signal sinks which are included in the signal path produced in step b) are indicated by optical means.
- a method which describes take locking functions which are subject to the condition of take changing and/or the condition of signalling.
- this method is extended to the signalled locking of path bundles.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a production with signal paths and the creation of a path bundle from all the signal paths involved in the production, as well as the tally signalling and tally indications;
- FIG. 2 shows the detailed illustration of take switching with direct locking in a switching matrix
- FIG. 3 shows the detailed illustration of a split signal path through a plurality of switching matrices, as well as the points in the tally signalling and tally indication.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a production from a live correspondent transmission and an external feed.
- the illustrated components form one example of a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals, for which the method according to the invention can be used.
- Various signal sources are illustrated on the left-hand side of FIG. 1 . These in each case include a video and audio source from correspondents from a studio, in the form of a camera 1 and a microphone 2 , as well as an external video line 3 . These sources are passed to the production control room via switching matrices 4 . Switching matrices are connected in series via fixed defined links, so-called tie lines, and are connected from there to mixing devices via fixed defined connecting lines.
- a mixing device 7 and a reorder 8 which act as signal sinks.
- monitors 9 are provided, which act as further signal sinks and to which the output signal from the mixing device 7 is supplied. All of the signal sinks have a tally display 11 , which is also referred to as a red-light display.
- the camera 1 likewise has a tally display 11 .
- the signal sources and signal sinks illustrated in FIG. 1 are connected via separate control lines 12 to a higher-level control device 13 , in order to carry out the tally signalling.
- the production block diagram will be described only cursorily, because the individual components of the production facility are known from the prior art.
- the schematically illustrated functional blocks are commercially available, for example from Thomson.
- Switching matrices or cross bars are marketed by Thomson under the product names “Trinix” and “Apex”. Tape recorders or video servers are offered in the “DCR” and “Profile” product ranges from Thomson.
- the numerous switching matrices in the entire facility are linked to the higher-level control unit 13 via command lines, with the control unit 13 being shown in the centre of FIG. 1 .
- the control unit is equipped with display devices, so-called UMDs 14 (“Under-Monitor-Displays”), on which the current status of the facility, in detail the selected source name, is displayed.
- the control unit has control devices, so-called control panels 16 (CPs), by means of which the switching matrix status can be changed with regard to the “Takes” and their “Locks”.
- UMDs 14 Under-Monitor-Displays
- the control device 16 is also used as a display device for switching operations and locking state that have been carried out, in order to assist the operator during configuration changes throughout the entire production facility, in that individual method steps of the control method according to the invention are displayed. Some of the major method steps will be explained in more detail in the following text with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- FIG. 2 shows an example of a take connection in the form of a bold line, on the basis of which the following method (a) will be explained.
- a signal is first of all supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A 3 and connected to the output Al by switching the take a 31 . It is assumed that the take a 31 is not locked, or has previously been explicitly unlocked. The take a 31 is then disconnected in the “TakeLock” mode, and the take a 11 is switched.
- the special feature of the method is that, when a successful switching operation takes place, that is to say when the switching state of a take within a switching matrix is changed, this newly set take is locked automatically, without any action by an operator.
- the successful “TakeLock” for the take a 11 switches and locks the take a 11 .
- the signal path is connected between an input and an output within a switching matrix by operation of the linking function of a switching matrix.
- a connection is locked in the switching matrix by operation of the take locking function in the switching matrix.
- a complete signal path or a plurality of switching matrices is connected by operation of the path linking function “path finding” of a higher-level instance.
- the higher-level instance is the control unit 13 .
- a complete signal path through a plurality of switching matrices is locked by operation of the path locking function “path locking” in a higher-level instance.
- the set of takes for which this automatic system is used is a subset of all the takes of the switching matrix. This subset can be defined by configuration of the automatic system.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of a take connection in the form of a bold line, with reference to which the following method (b) will be explained.
- a signal is first of all supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A 3 , and is supplied to the switching matrix B via the input B 2 by switching the take a 3m via the output Am.
- the signal is supplied to the output B 1 , and thus to the mixing device 7 , by switching a take b 21 .
- the signal at the input B 2 is supplied via the output B 3 to the recorder 8 by switching the tape b 23 .
- the mixing device 7 and the recorder 8 signal the relevant output in the case of transmission-relevance, that is to say in the case where the signal is used (“backward tally”).
- the only takes which are unlocked are those which do not cancel the locking of locked paths that are also being used.
- the deactivation of the signalling at the output B 3 thus removes only the locking of the take b 23 , because the take a 3m is also relevant for the active output B 1 .
- FIG. 3 shows a further example of a take link, in the form of a bold line, with reference to which the following method (c) will be explained.
- a signal is supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A 1 , and is connected to the output A 1 by switching the take a 11 .
- Transmission devices which are connected upstream of the input can signal the relevant input (“forward tally”).
- UMDs tally displays
- the tally signalling takes place in the signal flow direction, and is indicated by the dashed arrow 16 in FIG. 3 .
- One particular advantage of the method according to the invention is that the operator largely has monitoring and control tasks at the machine level removed from him, and can concentrate on the creative aspect of his work.
- the stated advantage is further assisted in that signalling devices which use a plurality of signals can signal them at the same time.
- audio/video mixers or audio/video recording devices in this case signal an audio/video signal bundle comprising a plurality of paths as being transmission-relevant.
- the tally displays are activated for all of the sources involved in the signal bundle (backward tally), or the tally displays are activated for all of the sinks involved in the signal bundle (forward tally). Locking of paths of a signal bundle on the basis of the tally signalling is possible by successive or parallel application of method (b) to each path involved in the bundle.
- warning instruction for the operator are also displayed visually and/or audibly.
- the method according to the invention can also be in the form of a software programme which can run on a production facility as described above.
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- The invention relates to a method for controlling a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals. In particular, the invention relates to a device according to
Claim 1. - Numerous audio, video, data and control signal sources and sinks are available in television studios. These various types of signal sources include recording appliances, such as tape recorders (MAZ), video servers, cameras and satellite or cable links. The various types of signal sinks once again include recorders, video servers, production mixers. By way of example, different image and audio signal sources are combined with one another to form a programme in the production of a news programme. A speaker in the studio typically provides the lead through the transmission, which is recorded using one or more cameras. The speaker introduces already recorded programmes or direct transmissions. In terms of video, audio and data, these come from a source which is controlled via control signals.
- Various signal sources can be connected to their destination by means of switching matrices and mixers. This switching matrix, a so-called crossbar, is a matrix which has a fixed defined number of inputs and a fixed defined number of outputs. Each input can be connected to one specific output which, in detail, means that one input can be connected to a plurality of outputs, but one output can be connected to only one input. A production mixer or presentation schedule mixer, has the same characteristics as a switching matrix, that is able to combine a plurality of signal sources to form one transmission signal. Mixing of different video signals with one another, as well as mixing of different audio signals with one another, are desirable from the composition point of view. For further signal distribution, a presentation schedule mixer is also able to combine audio and video signals into one data stream. Mixing devices use control lines to signal which input signals are passed on and are thus transmission-relevant. Recorders signal that recording is taking place. This signal is known by the expressions “On-Air”, “Red-Light” or tally signalling.
- The selection of which signals are produced at which outputs is carried out by an operator in the studio or control room. Connections are generally switched via a plurality of switching matrices and mixing devices, and cover so-called paths. The search for paths, which is assisted by automatic systems, is normally referred to as “pathfinding”. The task of the operator is also made more difficult by paths for different signal types being switched at the same time in the course of production, thus forming a logical unit, a so-called signal bundle. In order to prevent interference with a signal transmission, it is essential to prevent interruption of signal paths and path bundles. The locking of a path, which is assisted by automatic systems, is normally referred to as “path locking”, while the locking of a plurality of paths assisted by automatic systems is referred to as “bundle locking”.
- DE 10 2004 009 265.6 discloses a method by means of which the operator can lock or unlock signal paths or signal bundles in the forward or backward direction by means of an appropriate command. By way of example, this prevents a transmission-relevant signal path from being accidentally interrupted. Since locked resources are normally associated with one user, the attempt to unlock an external resource will fail.
- In summary, it can be stated that the activity of the operator also has technical aspects, in addition to the creative aspect of mixing and configuring television pictures from different signal sources. On the one hand, the correct signal sources must be selected for the input side, and must be passed to the correct outputs. Even this is quite difficult when there are more than two hundred inputs and two hundred outputs per switching matrix. On the other hand, the locking and unlocking of the input to output connections must be taken into account at the same time in this case, since a plurality of operators work in one studio or control room. For these reasons, the work of the operators in terms of the use of resources which are or are not jointly used is highly demanding.
- There is thus a requirement to provide a method which reduces the load on the operator during his work, and as far as possible takes the stated technical aspects away from him, in order that he can concentrate on the creative aspect of his work.
- The method according to the invention is used for controlling a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals. The device (switching matrix) has a number of inputs and outputs. Connections in these switching matrices, so-called takes, can be locked. The method according to the invention comprises the following steps:
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- (a) selection of takes which are required for a signal path between an input and an output;
- (b) switching of takes selected in step (a) in order to produce the signal path; and
- (c) automatic locking of the takes in the state selected in step (b).
- The invention makes it simpler for an operator to control a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals with respect to the switching matrix, path and bundle locking as well as unlocking, because the method carries out a large number of functions automatically at machine level. The expression “TakeLock” will be introduced for the function of automatic locking after switching, and the expression “TallyLock” will be introduced for the function of signalled path locking. “Signalling” is also used, for short, in the following text for tally signalling.
- In one embodiment of the invention, the takes are successively locked in the signal flow direction, starting from a signal source. All of the signal sources and/or signal sinks which are included in the signal path produced in step b) are indicated by optical means.
- In an entirely corresponding manner, it is possible to provide for the takes to be locked in the opposite direction to the signal flow direction starting from a signal sink, and for all of the signal sources and/or signal sinks which are included in the signal path produced in step b) to be indicated by optical means.
- In one refinement of the invention, a method is described which describes take locking functions which are subject to the condition of take changing and/or the condition of signalling.
- In one development of the invention, this method is extended to the signalled locking of path bundles.
- These features give the invention the advantage that control errors by a competing operator are virtually precluded, thus protecting the work of the operator involved.
- The major aspects of the method according to the invention are illustrated in the drawing, in which:
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FIG. 1 : shows a schematic block diagram of a production with signal paths and the creation of a path bundle from all the signal paths involved in the production, as well as the tally signalling and tally indications; -
FIG. 2 : shows the detailed illustration of take switching with direct locking in a switching matrix; and -
FIG. 3 : shows the detailed illustration of a split signal path through a plurality of switching matrices, as well as the points in the tally signalling and tally indication. -
FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a production from a live correspondent transmission and an external feed. The illustrated components form one example of a device for distribution of audio, video, data and control signals, for which the method according to the invention can be used. Various signal sources are illustrated on the left-hand side ofFIG. 1 . These in each case include a video and audio source from correspondents from a studio, in the form of acamera 1 and amicrophone 2, as well as anexternal video line 3. These sources are passed to the production control room viaswitching matrices 4. Switching matrices are connected in series via fixed defined links, so-called tie lines, and are connected from there to mixing devices via fixed defined connecting lines. In the production control room, there arefurther switching matrices 6, amixing device 7 and areorder 8, which act as signal sinks. Furthermore, monitors 9 are provided, which act as further signal sinks and to which the output signal from themixing device 7 is supplied. All of the signal sinks have atally display 11, which is also referred to as a red-light display. As a signal source, thecamera 1 likewise has atally display 11. The signal sources and signal sinks illustrated inFIG. 1 are connected viaseparate control lines 12 to a higher-level control device 13, in order to carry out the tally signalling. - The production block diagram will be described only cursorily, because the individual components of the production facility are known from the prior art. The schematically illustrated functional blocks are commercially available, for example from Thomson. Switching matrices or cross bars are marketed by Thomson under the product names “Trinix” and “Apex”. Tape recorders or video servers are offered in the “DCR” and “Profile” product ranges from Thomson. The numerous switching matrices in the entire facility are linked to the higher-
level control unit 13 via command lines, with thecontrol unit 13 being shown in the centre ofFIG. 1 . The control unit is equipped with display devices, so-called UMDs 14 (“Under-Monitor-Displays”), on which the current status of the facility, in detail the selected source name, is displayed. Furthermore, the control unit has control devices, so-called control panels 16 (CPs), by means of which the switching matrix status can be changed with regard to the “Takes” and their “Locks”. - The
control device 16 is also used as a display device for switching operations and locking state that have been carried out, in order to assist the operator during configuration changes throughout the entire production facility, in that individual method steps of the control method according to the invention are displayed. Some of the major method steps will be explained in more detail in the following text with reference toFIGS. 2 and 3 . - Takes and signal paths are locked or unlocked using the method according to the invention.
FIG. 2 shows an example of a take connection in the form of a bold line, on the basis of which the following method (a) will be explained. A signal is first of all supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A3 and connected to the output Al by switching the take a31. It is assumed that the take a31 is not locked, or has previously been explicitly unlocked. The take a31 is then disconnected in the “TakeLock” mode, and the take a11 is switched. The special feature of the method is that, when a successful switching operation takes place, that is to say when the switching state of a take within a switching matrix is changed, this newly set take is locked automatically, without any action by an operator. The successful “TakeLock” for the take a11 switches and locks the take a11. - The signal path is connected between an input and an output within a switching matrix by operation of the linking function of a switching matrix. A connection is locked in the switching matrix by operation of the take locking function in the switching matrix. A complete signal path or a plurality of switching matrices is connected by operation of the path linking function “path finding” of a higher-level instance. In the present exemplary embodiment, the higher-level instance is the
control unit 13. A complete signal path through a plurality of switching matrices is locked by operation of the path locking function “path locking” in a higher-level instance. - The set of takes for which this automatic system is used is a subset of all the takes of the switching matrix. This subset can be defined by configuration of the automatic system.
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FIG. 3 shows an example of a take connection in the form of a bold line, with reference to which the following method (b) will be explained. A signal is first of all supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A3, and is supplied to the switching matrix B via the input B2 by switching the take a3m via the output Am. In the switching matrix B, the signal is supplied to the output B1, and thus to themixing device 7, by switching a take b21. In addition, the signal at the input B2 is supplied via the output B3 to therecorder 8 by switching the tape b23. Themixing device 7 and therecorder 8 signal the relevant output in the case of transmission-relevance, that is to say in the case where the signal is used (“backward tally”). When signalling is activated, all of the tally displays 11 (UMDs, camera red-light) are activated for sources which are used for the output signal. The tally signal takes place in the opposite direction to the signal flow direction, and is indicated by dashedarrows 14 inFIG. 3 . - When the signalling of an output of a switching matrix is activated, locking of the signal path starting from the signalled output in the opposite direction to the signal flow direction is initiated automatically and without any action by an operator. In this case, only takes which have been unlocked prior to this are locked. The activated signalling of the output B1 locks the path in the backward direction starting from the output B1, and thus the following takes b21, a3m. The activation of the signalling and the output B3 locks the path in the backward direction, starting from the output B3 and thus only the following take: b23.
- When the signalling of an output of a switching matrix is deactivated, unlocking of the signalled path is initiated starting from the signalled output in the opposite direction to the signal flow direction automatically and without any action by an operator. The deactivation of the signalling at the output B1 removes the locks in the path in the backward direction starting from the output B1. In consequence, the locks on the takes b21 and a3M are cancelled.
- In this case, the only takes which are unlocked are those which do not cancel the locking of locked paths that are also being used. When the signal path is unlocked in the backward direction starting from the output B1, the deactivation of the signalling at the output B3 thus removes only the locking of the take b23, because the take a3m is also relevant for the active output B1.
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FIG. 3 shows a further example of a take link, in the form of a bold line, with reference to which the following method (c) will be explained. A signal is supplied to the switching matrix A at the input A1, and is connected to the output A1 by switching the take a11. Transmission devices which are connected upstream of the input can signal the relevant input (“forward tally”). When signalling is activated, all of the tally displays (UMDs) of the sinks (for example monitor walls) being used are activated. The tally signalling takes place in the signal flow direction, and is indicated by the dashedarrow 16 inFIG. 3 . - When signalling of an input of a switching matrix is activated, locking of the signal path is initiated automatically and immediately, starting from the signalled input in the signal flow direction. The activated signalling at the input A1 locks the path in the forward direction, starting from the input A1, and thus locks the take a11.
- Conversely, when the signalling of an input of a switching matrix is deactivated, unlocking of the signal path is initiated automatically, starting from the signalled input in the signal flow direction. The deactivation of the signalling at the input A1 removes its own locks on the path in the forward direction starting from the input A1, and thus the locking of the take a11.
- One particular advantage of the method according to the invention is that the operator largely has monitoring and control tasks at the machine level removed from him, and can concentrate on the creative aspect of his work.
- In one development of the invention, the stated advantage is further assisted in that signalling devices which use a plurality of signals can signal them at the same time. For example, audio/video mixers or audio/video recording devices in this case signal an audio/video signal bundle comprising a plurality of paths as being transmission-relevant. In this case, the tally displays are activated for all of the sources involved in the signal bundle (backward tally), or the tally displays are activated for all of the sinks involved in the signal bundle (forward tally). Locking of paths of a signal bundle on the basis of the tally signalling is possible by successive or parallel application of method (b) to each path involved in the bundle.
- In developments of the invention, warning instruction for the operator are also displayed visually and/or audibly.
- The method according to the invention can also be in the form of a software programme which can run on a production facility as described above.
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